Kolkata, May 30 -- West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul on Saturday said that the alleged attack on the TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee could be a reaction to the "fifteen years of police brutality" of the previous government and held the latter responsible for such a situation.

The BJP leader clarified that the BJP had "no hand" in the attack after the TMC pointed fingers towards the ruling party in the state.

"What happened to him is wrong. We have repeatedly told people not to take the law into their own hands. But Abhishek Banerjee is responsible for what happened today. On one side, there were fifteen years of police brutality, and on the other, there was Jahangir Sheikh Shahjahan. Abhishek Banerjee's arrogance; he said that after the 4th,...